Vise

vise
    n 1: a holding device attached to a workbench; has two jaws to
         hold workpiece firmly in place [syn: {vise}, {bench vise}]
    

Vice \Vice\, n. [See {Vise}.]
   1. (Mech.) A kind of instrument for holding work, as in
      filing. Same as {Vise}.
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   2. A tool for drawing lead into cames, or flat grooved rods,
      for casements. [Written also {vise}.]
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   3. A gripe or grasp. [Obs.] --Shak.
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Vis'e \Vi*s['e]"\, v. t. [imp. & p. p. {Vis['e]ed}; p. pr. & vb.
   n. {Vis['e]ing}.]
   To examine and indorse, as a passport; to visa.
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Vise \Vise\, n. [F. vis a screw, winding stairs, OF. vis, viz,
   fr. L. vitis a vine; probably akin to E. withy.]
   An instrument consisting of two jaws, closing by a screw,
   lever, cam, or the like, for holding work, as in filing.
   [Written also {vice}.]
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Vis'e \Vi*s['e]"\, n. [F. vis['e], p. p. of viser to put a visa
   to, fr. L. visus seen, p. p. of videre to see.]
   A document or an indorsement made on a passport by the proper
   authorities of certain countries, denoting that the passport
   has been examined, and that the person who bears it is
   permitted to proceed on her journey. Same as {visa}; -- an
   older spelling now used less frequently than {visa}.
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